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IOANNINA MUSEUMS

The Archaeological Museum of Ioannina is a museum located in Litharitsa Park in the centre of Ioannina, Greece. The museum contains many artifacts unearthed in the surrounding area such as Palaeolithic tools, from Kokkinopilos, Asprochaliko and Kastritsa, the ruins of Dodoni and ancient cemeteries such as Vitsa and the Oracle of Acheron. The museums also has many inscriptions, headstones, and a collection of coins.

For more information and enquiries please contact Archaeological Museum of Ioannina 25 Martiou Square 6, Πλατεία 25ης Μαρτίου, 6, Ιωάννινα 45221, Greece, Tel: +30 26 51 00 10 50

Entrance to the Ioannina Archaeological Museum

Photograph taken by Lucretius

The Averoff Gallery, also known as the Averof Art Gallery of Metsovo, is an Art museum in Metsovo, Greece. It was built in 1985 and inaugurated in 1988. In 1994 the building was extended to include a new wing and its faciliteies were updated. Its initial collection consisted of 200 paintings and sculptures of Greek artists of the 19th and 20th century, which are still part its permanent exhibition. After the museum's expansion, the collection was significantly augmented.

For more information and enquiries please contact Averoff Museum 44200 Metsovo, Tel: +30 21 06 77 82 44, E-mail: averoff@otenet.gr

The Pavlos Vrellis Greek History Museum also known as Pavlos Vrellis Museum of Wax Effigies is a privately owned wax museum in Ioannina Prefecture, Greece. It was set up by the sculptor Pavlos Vrellis in February 1983, and is the best known wax museum in Greece. The wax effigies of the museum are displayed in life size, included in a faithful representation of the environment of their age and revive forms of the local history. Without storeys but on a variety of distinct parallel and connecting levels. The visitor moves along mountains, houses, caves, churches, and alleys, following a non-circular but endless course, ingeniously devised and arranged. They cover twenty four centuries of Greek history (from 500 BC), with an emphasis on the modern history of Epirus. The museum hosts 37 themes and 150 wax models which represent various historical events. There are three thematic units in the Museum: pre 1821 history, Greek War of Independence (1821-1830) and themes from World War II.

For more information and enquiries please telephone: (+30) 26 51 09 21 28

Pavlos Vrellis Greek History Museum
Photograph taken by Onno Zweers

The Municipal Ethnographic Museum of Ioannina is a museum in Ioannina, Greece. It is housed in the Aslan Pasha Mosque, also known as the Mosque of Ali Pasha, in the Old Castle (Kastro) of Ioannina since 1933. The Mosque was built in 1618 and in 1993 it was renovated to its present form. Its permanent exhibition includes pottery, pictures, and other traditional decorative items, as well as jewelry, textiles, hand-weapons, wood-carved pieces of furniture and several personal objects that belonged to historical personalities. There are also early photographs and paintings related to the liberation of the city of Ioannina. Additionally the museum hosts exhibitions on historical topics as well as collections of art.

For more information and enquiries please contact Ioannina Castle, Alexandrou Noutsou, 8, Αλεξάνδρου Νούτσου 8, Κάστρο Ιωαννίνων, Ιωάννινα 45221, Greece, Tel: (+30) 26 51 02 63 56

Municipal Ethnographic Museum of Ioannina
Photograph taken by Fingalo